The Way to Your Heart

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"The Way to Your Heart"
The Way to Your Heart - Soulsister.jpg
Single by Soulsister
from the album It Takes Two
ReleasedOctober 1988 (Europe)
February 1989 (UK)
September 1989 (US) [1]
Genre Pop, Soul
Length3:47
Label EMI Music (Benelux)
EMI Electrola (Germany)
EMI Odeon (Spain)
Songwriter(s) Jan Leyers, Paul Michiels
Producer(s) Jan Leyers, Paul Michiels; Werner Pensaert (co-producer)
Soulsister singles chronology
"Like A Mountain"
(1988)
"The Way to Your Heart"
(1988)
"Blame You"
(1989)
Music video
Soulsister - The Way To Your Heart (Official Video) on YouTube

"The Way to Your Heart" is a 1988 hit single by Belgian band Soulsister from the album It Takes Two . [2]

Contents

Background

A mixture of pop and rock with a very Motown-sounding tune, the song is about a boy dreaming of a girl that he‘s in love with, but she doesn't answer his love. [3]

Chart performance

After having moderate success in The Netherlands with "Like A Mountain", the first single from their debut album, Soulsister had big success with the follow-up single “The Way to Your Heart”. It was a top 10 hit in five European Countries. The Belgian release had no B-side and was thereby sold as a half price single. Afterwards a maxi single was released with a long version (5:18) and an instrumental version. After its European success, the single was released in the US in 1989 where it charted one week, on #41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [4] It is their only single to appear on the Hot 100. In addition, "The Way to Your Heart" also peaked at #5 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [5]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [6] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 3
Denmark (Hitlisten) [8] 4
France (IFOP) [9] 47
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 8
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 81
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 41
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [16] 5
West Germany (Official German Charts) [17] 4

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